Known for

Directing

Credits

Gender

Man

Birthday

21 July 1955 (69)

Place of birth

Pécs, Hungary

Also known as

Bela Tarr

Tarr Béla

벨라 타르

터르 벨러

타르 벨러

타르 벨라

贝拉·塔尔

Μπέλα Ταρ

Μπελα Ταρ

Л. Тарр

L. Tarr

Бела Тарр

Béla Tarr

Biography

Béla Tarr (born July 21, 1955) is an acclaimed Hungarian film director. Much of his work is marked by philosophical elements and a pessimistic view of humanity. His films utilize unconventional storytelling methods, such as long takes and/or non-professional actors to achieve realism. Debuting with his film Family Nest in 1979, Tarr underwent a period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling mundane stories about ordinary people, often in the style of cinema vérité. Over the next decade, the cinematography of Tarr's films gradually changed; Damnation (1988) was shot with languid camera movement aimed at establishing ambience. It marked Tarr's earliest experimentation with philosophical themes, focused mostly on bleak and desolate representations of reality. Sátántangó (1994) and Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) continued this approach; both are considered by some critics to be among the greatest films ever made. Tarr would later compete in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival with his film The Man From London. Frequent collaborators of Tarr include his wife Ágnes Hranitzky, novelist László Krasznahorkai, film composer Mihály Víg, cinematographer Fred Kelemen, and actress Erika Bók. After the release of his film The Turin Horse (2011), Tarr announced his definitive retirement from film direction. He has been teaching at the Sarajevo Film School since. Description above from the Wikipedia article Béla Tarr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

The Last Days of Humanity

8 May 2023

Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker

The State That I Am Fish

Béla Tarr: Mysterious Harmonies

22 December 2008

Lamb

12 August 2021

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	A Country Divided
2023	The Last Days of Humanity	Self (archive footage)
2015	About Cinema	Self
2014	Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker	Himself
2011	The State That I Am Fish	Béla Tarr
2008	Béla Tarr: Mysterious Harmonies	Himself
2007	365 Day Project
1987	Season of Monsters
1984	The Doctor's Pupil

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	Árni	Creative Producer
2023	Coda	Producer
2023	Deer Bell	Producer
2022	Isten hozott	Thanks
—	Coda	Producer
2021	Lamb	Executive Producer
2021	Letters from the Ends of the World	Producer
2019	Paola makes a wish	Producer
2019	Missing People	Director
2018	The Tree	Thanks
2018	The Confidence-Man	Executive Producer
2017	Muhamed	Director
2017	Muhamed	Writer
2016	Man in the Well	Producer
2016	The Parrot (Papagajka)	Thanks
2015	Aragane	Consulting Producer
2014	Lost in Bosnia	Executive Producer
2014	Conniving	Producer
2012	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	Producer
2012	Hungary 2011	Producer
2011	The Turin Horse	Director
2011	The Turin Horse	Screenplay
2007	The Man from London	Screenplay
2007	The Man from London	Director
2007	The Man from London	Associate Producer
2007	Fragment	Producer
2005	Johanna	Producer
2004	Visions of Europe	Director
2004	Prologue	Director
2001	Werckmeister Harmonies	Director
2001	Werckmeister Harmonies	Co-Writer
2001	Werckmeister Harmonies	Associate Producer
1998	Passion	Writer
1995	Journey on the Plain	Director
1994	Satantango	Screenplay
1994	Satantango	Director
1990	The Last Boat	Writer
1990	The Last Boat	Director
1990	City Life	Director
1988	Damnation	Writer
1988	Damnation	Director
1984	Autumn Almanac	Director
1984	Autumn Almanac	Writer
1982	The Prefab People	Director
1982	The Prefab People	Writer
1982	Macbeth	Director
1982	Macbeth	Screenplay
1981	The Outsider	Writer
1981	The Outsider	Director
1981	Diplomafilm	Director
1981	Diplomafilm	Script
1979	Family Nest	Writer
1979	Family Nest	Director
1979	Cinemarxism	Director
1978	Hotel Magnezit	Writer
1978	Hotel Magnezit	Director